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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Raisin Filled Cookie Bars

Raisin filled cookies are one of my favorite cookies! I have a wonderful recipe, but sometimes I don't have the time to make them. So I decided to make them into bars. You still get the gooey raisin filled center and delicious dough, but made in a much simpler way!

Ingredients are as follows:

Dough:

1/2 C shortening

1/2 C margarine

2 C brown sugar

2 eggs

3 3/4 C flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

Filling:

1 large box of raisins

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

3/4 C brown sugar

1/2 C water

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place raisins, cornstarch, brown sugar and water into a small saucepan.

Simmer over medium heat until thickened. Turn off heat; allow to cool.

Cream shortening, margarine and brown sugar together.

Add eggs and mix until incorporated.

Add flour, baking soda and vanilla. Mix until completely combined.

Cover the bottom of a cookie sheet with saran wrap. Press half of the dough onto the cookie sheet, covering it completely.

Using the saran wrap, remove dough, set aside and press the remaining dough onto the ungreased cookie sheet.

This sounds awesome! My grandmother makes the BEST raisin-filled cookies, but they are a bit time-consuming. As a result, I only make them at Christmastime. I'm definitely going to give your recipe a try.

Oh my gosh! I'm really excited to see this recipe. My grandmother used to make a similar raisin bar cookie, and I've never pinned her down on the recipe. She's one of those "little of this, little of that" cooks. :) Super smart saran wrap trick, btw! :)

My father has always loved rasin filled cookies but he has not been able to find them, what a fun thing for my kids and I to do! My father-in-law would love these too! Thanks! I found you on VoiceBoks! I'm a happy new follower!! I look foward to getting to read more, thanks for a fun site!

Hi just calling by whilst blog hopping. This looks so yummy. I will definitely have to try it out. Be sure to check out my Autism Awarenesss Wednesday Blog hop. www.acceptandembraceautism.blogspot.com Sarah

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Thanks for sharing your raisin bars on Fresh Food Friday. So nice to see a recipe that includes raisins . . . I just love 'em! Hope you can stop by again next week. PS: Your lemon tart was one of the Featured blogs that I selected. Thank you for sharing!

I have been sick all day with a cold and have been searching the net for a good raisin filling. I found this recipe. The cookies look very tasty. I will try them later. I will use the filling portion to make an old favorite of mine. Lost the old recipe but hope this filling will work. Thanks.

When I was a kid my grandfather made some of these when he came to visit us one time. The only problem was he used a recipe he said he used during the war, so it made about 6 trays worth! I have just one question: how big is a box of raisins?